Automatic stop valve



March 19,1935. R. BODENLOS AUTOMATIC STOP VALVE Filed July 30, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Arroe/wsrs Mai'ch 19, 1935. R, BODENLOS 1,995,052

AUTOMATIC STOP VALVE Filed July so, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Arm/avers Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT or ies 2 g I 1,995,o52- l i f AUTOMATIC s'ror VALVE Robert I. Bodenlo's, Cleveland, Ohio assig'nor to The American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation'of New'Jersey Application July 30,- 1932, Serial No. 626,575

2 Claims! (c1. 277-44) of a fluid distributing valve, and also having by pass means embodied therein for reducing the pressure differential on opposite sides of the movable valve element. I

It is also an object ofmy invention to provide an automatic stopvalve, oi the type referred to, wherein the by-pass means is an auxiliary valve carried by the movable valve element and arranged to be opened in advance of the latter;

A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic stop valve for controlling the sup-1 ply of'motive fluid to a valve chest having a distributing valve reciprocably and rotatablymounted therein, and wherein the valve element of the stop valve is actuated, upon movement of the distributing valve in either direction from a neutral position, by a cam member which is movable with the distributing valve and which has oppositely tapered annular surfaces disposed around and centered with respect to the axis of the distribut ing valve. H

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and particularly set out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of ny invention, V V

Fig. 1 is an outside elevational view 'of an automatic stop valve constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof showing the valve arranged for cooperation with the dis tributing valve of a fluid pressure motor;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and r Fig: 4 is a sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig.2. a r a 41%;

Detailed reference will now be made" to the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated an improved automatic stop valve which may beused for controlling the supply of ;pres-. sure fluid to the distributing valve of a reversible fluid pressure motor. 'Before proceeding with such detailed description it should be understood, however,'that, although my invention is herein disclosed in connection with the distributing valve of a reversible engine, my improved stop Valve may be applied to other uses and may be embodied in various other apparatus. In the'd'rawings, I have shown my automatic stop valve'applied to the distributing valve 10 of a reversible fluid pressure motor 11, which may be a reciprocating engine actuated by steam or other motive fluid, for operating the rudder of a ship or for performing other desired work. As is well understood in the engine art; considerable leakage of motive fluid'may take place past such a distributing 'val've'whenthe latter is in its neutral or central-position, and such leakage is patricularly prone to occur when the distributing valve'isiof the piston type. The automatic stop valve of my inventionis designed for'us'e in the mo't-ive'fluid supply line,'such as between the supply pipe 12 and the steam chest 13, andcooperates with the distributing valveto" automatically shut off the supply of motive fluid when'the distribut ing valve is in'its neutralposition and to'adinit motive fluid tothe steam chest 13 when the dis- 1 tributing valve is moved in either direction from its neutral position. I v e Although my automatic stop valve may'be'ap plied to different uses and to distributing valves of various types ofconstruction, in this instance Ihave shown my stop valve designed and arranged for cooperation with a'reversing valve, of

the piston type, having spaced valve elements 14 .and 15 mounted upon the valve stem 16 iorcontrolling the flow of motive fluid to the different 9 valvechests of the reversible fluid pressure motor throughthepassages 16 and 17. 'These valve elements are slidably mounted in the valve chest '13, preferably in sleeves '18 and 19 provided there'- r in, and are actuated-by, the stem 16 which extends through stufiing boxes 20 and 21 provided on the end walls of the steam chest. From the arrangement as shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that upon movement of the rod 16 to the right thevalve element 15'uncoversan" outlet port and permits a flow of pressure fluid into the passage 1'7 whilethe port controlledby the valve element 14 remains closed. Upon movement of the rod 16 to the left the valve element 14 uncovers the other outlet port, thereby permitting aflow of pressure fluid into the passage '16 while the port controlled .by the valve element 15 remains closed. l r The automatic stop'valve itself is provided with a housing 23, which is preferably mounted'direct- 1y upon the-valve chest 13,, and which maybe composed of separable sections-2, and 25 secured together by a series of bolts 26 extending through the cooperating annular flanges 2'7 and 28. The housing is provided interiorly thereof with an annular valve seat 29 with which a reciprocable valve element 30 cooperates for controlling the passage of fluid through the housing. The movable valve element is formed with aligned stem portions 31 and 32 which project from opposite. sides'thereof and slidably engage in aligned guides 33 and 34. The guide 33 is of tubular form and is supported and retained in proper position by a spider. 35

which is clamped between the cooperating flanges 2'7 and 28. The guide 34 is likewise-' of: tubular;

form and is supported within the housing by a plurality of spaced integrally, formed',ribs,36..

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawingathe stemf portions 31 and 32 arehollow or, in other words,

are provided with a passagei3'7lwhiohiextendsthrough these portions and through the. valve element 30. The upper end of the passage 3'7 communicates with the. interiorofthe housing and with thepipe"12-through.- a plurality of openings 38 provided, in the cup-shapedjupper end 39; of the'guide 33 Thelower end-oil the-:passage 'l communicates, through-the. openings. 40, with, the interior of; the housing ata pointrbelow the valve seat 29. As will be presently explained this passage-isiprovided for the purpose of admitting pres sure fluidi-to the undersideofthe-valve element-'30 to thereby reduce the pressurediiferential. on op.- posite sides-of thiselement. 7 V

For controllingthepassage371Iiprovide an auxiliary; valve 4i,- which. cooperateswith a, valve seat 42-provided at theupper end-of thestempontion 31-, and which-'isinormally pressed! against thisyalveseat by aicoil spring-48XarrangedFinthe cup-shapedportion: 39; The auxiliary valve 41 is mounted upon the upper end" of an' actuating stem 44- which extends; downwardly through the passage 37. The-portion of this stemt-which extendsbelow'the openings 40is preferably provided portion is provided with a. shoulder. 48,: which is spaced from the :lower end ofthe stem-.portioni32 when the-valve element 30-is-in;engagement, with theseat 29 and the distributing valve'l0i'isin its central position, to thereby form a lost motion connection between the actuating stem. e4 ofthe auxiliary valveand the valve-element. 30;. The lowerv end of theenlarged portion:leis-preferably hardened and ofconical shape andi constitutes a cam follower. 48 which cooperates with-the op positely tapered camsurfaceQ;

In the. operation; of: my automatic stop valve,

motive fluid; is. supplied to the, housing; 23 by; the pipe 12, andaupommovement ofathe'piston valve 10 in.- eitherpdirection from; the, neutral: position illustrated.in.Fig. .2, the. stemi ljsmove'd upward.-

. lyby the action ofirthe;conical.zcannfollower485 against one of the tapered surfaces 49. Thisupfwardmovement of the stemdliftsthe auxiliary valve 41 oif its seat, against: the action: of the spring: 43, to allow-steam pressure; to be delivered through the :openings 1 38;;the passage 37 and:v the openings 40 to the underside of the valve element 30. This by-passing of pressure fluid to the underside of the valve element reduces the pressure differential on opposite sides of this element so that a comparatively small lifting force is requiredto move this valve element away from its seat. After the opening of the auxiliary valve 41 by the initial upward movementof thestem 44, the shoulder 48engagesthe lower end'ofithe stein portion 32 and continued movement of the distributing valve 10 causes the valve element 30 to be lifted upwardly from its seat. When the distributingcvalve has been moved a sufflcient dis tance to cause the loweren'd of the enlargement 46 to engage the. cylindrical surface 50 of the member 47,. the valve element 30 will have been opened its maximum distance and upon the return ofJthe-distributing valve to its neutral position the enlargement lfiwill descend into the groove formed between the tapered cam surfaces e9.- andthe; auxiliary valve .41- and the valve elementfiO will, again be-seateda.

It: is desirable inthe operationrof; fluid. pressure motorshaving distributing: valves-of the piston type, that these'valves; be rotatable aswell, as reciprocable-in thesteamphest, soas. to prevent irregular.- wear between. the cooperating surfaces. To, enable-.my automatic stopfvalveto properly perform itsintended function without; interfering with such; desiredrotatable movement. of the distributing, valve, linake thecam surfaces 49 of annular form andoenterthe same upon the axis of the distributing va1ve. .To this. end, 1* constructthe-actuatingmember l l of seinircylindrical' sections 5l-and 52 whichare disposedaround the body, of-v the piston valve, intermediate thevalve elements 1.4:and;.15, and are retainedgin-cooperating relation by'suitablemeans, such asithesscrews 53. It-w-ill be-seen from the-arrangement shown in.Eig.'2 of thedrawings that the. housing.23 of the-.stop;valve is removably mounted on.- the valve chest. 13; and. that the Y housing and valve chest are provided: with cooperating, surfaces orshoulderportionsrwhich determine the. extent'to which the valve stem efiiextendsintothe chest 13-when the-stopivalverelement 30Yand the auxiliary valve 41: arein'closed position. V, j If desired, the section 25 of-the valve housing 23. may-be provided with-a suitable connection 54 for withdrawing steam, or for draining con.- densatefrom thevalve housingandzthe-pipe 12.

Fromzthe foregoing description and the accompanying; drawings-it shouldnow be. readily understoodtthat I'have providedian eff cient-form of; automatic; stop valve, whiohmay be-conveniently'appliegzttoexisting,installations andwhich in operation eifectively prevents leakage of motive-fluid; pastthe: distributing: valve when; the latter. isiiniitsneutral position. Itw-ill also be readily seen that in the automatic stop valve which I have; provided, the .byrpass is :opened: in advance of the movable valve.- element forthe purpose of reducing the pressure; difierentialbee tWBGIIzODIJOSltBSldGS 0f= the-latter, so that comparatively little force is required for actuating thetmovable valveelement. and- .an especially smooth, reliable and eflicient functioning of the device accordingly obtained. 7

While; I have illustrated, and described the device of; my, invention in a detailed manner, it should-be understood, however, that I- donot wish to be: limited-to; theprecise detailsv of construe.-

tion and; arrangements of parts illustrated. and

a departure from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A valve mechanism comprising a casing formed of connected sections, a valve seat in one of said sections, a hollow guide in said one section below said valve seat, a member having a hollow guide thereon, said member being adapted to be held between the sections of said casing whereby its hollow guide is positioned above the valve seat in substantial axial alignment with the first mentioned hollow guide, a main valve in said casing movably cooperating with said seat and having oppositely extending upper and lower projections, the upper of said projections being slidable in the upper guide and the lower projection being slidable in a portion of the lower guide, said main valve having a passage extending through the same and through said projections, an auxiliary valve seat on said main valve and associated with said passage, an auxiliary valve movably cooperating with said auxiliary valve seat to control said passage and having an actuating stem extending through the main valve and through said lower projection, said actuating stem having a guide portion thereon slidable in another portion of the lower guide and cooperating with said lower projection to provide a lost-motion connection between the main and auxiliary valves, and means for-imparting movement to said actuating stem for operating said valves in succession.

2. A valve mechanism comprising a casing formed of connected sections, a valve seat in one of said sections, a hollow guide in said one sec- ,tion below said valve seat, 'a member having a hollow guide thereon and a cap portion disposed over the upper end of such hollow guide, said member being held betweenv the connected sections of the casing with its hollow guide and cap portion above the valve seat and in substantial axial alignment with the lower guide, a main valve movably cooperating with said seat and having oppositely extending upper and lower projections, the upper of said projections being slidable in the upper guide and the lower projection being slidable in a portion of the lower guide, said main valve having'a passage extending through the same and through'said projections, an auxiliary valve seat associated with said passage and located substantially at the upper-end of the upper projection, an auxiliary valve move ablycooperating with said auxiliary valve seat and having an actuating stem extending through said passage, a spring in said cap portion for biasing said auxiliary valve towards said auxiliary valve seat, said actuating stem having a guide portion slidable in said lower guide below the lower projection of the main valve, cooperating shoulders on said lower projection and said guide portion providing a lost-motion connection between said actuating stem and the main valve, and cam means movable transversely of the axis of said aligned hollow guides for imwhereby the auxiliary and main valves are actuated in succession.

ROBERT I. BODENLOS.

parting movement to said actuating stem 

